CHAPDISC: DH36, THE FLAW IN THE PLAN

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 185265


> SSSusan:
> Oh please, there's a HUGE gap between "showing it a little bit" and 
> holding candles in the rain, singing "We Shall Overcome!"  
> 
> You stated that Harry couldn't play up Slytherin goodness too much 
> without sounding like Sluggy praising Lily, so I was merely saying 
> that I think JKR could have found a way to show some Slytherin 
> goodness without having to have it come from Harry, or without it 
> coming across Sluggy-on-Lily-like.
> 
> And while I'd agree that their overall character is somewhat
wanting, and fair enough at that, I'm also saying that MANY fans found
it hard  to believe that NOT ONE Slytherin student was shown "being
good."  

Pippin:
Hard to believe, or hard to notice? Winning the House Cup seven years
in a row wasn't being good?  Being hospitable to the Durmstrang
students? Standing to honor  Harry in defiance of Draco and his pals?
When Nott was so innocuous that after five years, Harry didn't even
know who he was, was that not being good? When Draco lowered his wand?
 When he saved Goyle from burning to death?

(Sure, he needed Harry's help to finish the job, but if Draco hadn't
dragged the stunned Goyle to temporary safety all by himself, Goyle
wouldn't have lived to be rescued at all.) 

No Slytherin student wins great acclaim for goodness. But that hasn't
got a thing to do with being good. And anyway, what is this hangup
about students -- if Slytherins tend to mature more slowly than
others, is that so terrible? Isn't it incredibly age-ist to say that
you're not a real hero unless you've saved the world while still in
your teens?

Sorry if I sounded too sarcastic. What I'm saying is, she did show it
and more than a little, IMO, but for some people that's never going to
be enough. You have to look hard to see them being good, just like you
have to read very carefully to notice that there are female players in
the World Cup, and IMO for the same reason. 

JKR wants us to realize that our unconscious assumptions are more
prejudiced than we think. 

Pippin